diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-ess.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-ess.yml
index e0663b14d8a..609b32b1a1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-ess.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-ess.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ on:
       branch:
         required: true
         type: string
-
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: 'The branch to checkout'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 # limit the access of the generated GITHUB_TOKEN
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-os.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-os.yml
index 7a828ab6f27..4560233919f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-os.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests-os.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ on:
       branch:
         required: true
         type: string
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: 'The branch to checkout'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 # limit the access of the generated GITHUB_TOKEN
 permissions: